The Nearly Man(1974)
First Air Date: 1974-08-04
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
The Nearly Man was a UK TV series from the mid-1970s created by Arthur Hopcraft about a middle-class Labour MP. Originally screened on ITV on 4 August 1974, the series won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for the best single play on British television in 1974. The series was filmed in London by Granada Television, in black and white. Some episodes were directed by British director John Irvin. The main cast included Tony Britton as the lead character, Anne Firbank, John Leyton, and Ian McCulloch.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
S1.E0 ∙ The Nearly Man
Air Date: 1974-08-04
Television play, later developed into a series, about a Labour member of parliament who never quite makes it to the top.
E02
S1.E1 ∙ Opportunity: March 1975
Air Date: 1975-11-04
Christopher Collinson entered Parliament in 1958 as a talented, ambitious young man. Now, frustrated and cynical afte...
E03
S1.E2 ∙ Power Base: April 1975
Air Date: 1975-11-11
Collinson seeks out the political limelight, but Alice finds his renewed political ambition difficult to come to term...
E04
S1.E3 ∙ Millie: May 1975
Air Date: 1975-11-18
As Collinson concentrates on the intensifying Common Market campaign, he is almost taken unawares by events in his co...
E05
S1.E4 ∙ Reshuffle: June 1975
Air Date: 1975-11-25
While Collinson awaits the outcome of a cabinet reshuffle that will decide his political future, Alice, living apart ...
E06
S1.E5 ∙ Confrontation: July 1975
Air Date: 1974-11-25
It's more than two months since Chris and Alice Collinson have seen each other ; a long standing engagement now bring...
E07
S1.E6 ∙ Casualties: August 1975
Air Date: 1975-12-09
Bernard King, local party chairman, attempts to heal the growing rift between Collinson and his opposition. Criticism...
E08
S1.E7 ∙ Options
Air Date: 1975-12-16
"My error has been my scepticism. I've not actually believed in politics as a way of life" An admission that recently...
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